Projects in genres: Fantasy

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Slow Action is a post-apocalyptic science fiction film which exists somewhere between documentary, ethnographic study and fiction. Slow Action applies the idea of island biogeography - the study of how species and eco-systems evolve differently when isolated and surrounded by unsuitable habitat - to a conception of the Earth in the distant future, when the sea level has risen to absurd heights, forming new isolated archipelagos. Accounts from a great library of Utopias are read by two voices.

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Six teenage friends, Matt, Cindy, Kirsty, Duncan, Sitcom and Dawn set off on a camping trip in the forest. However ‘Camp Happy Dreams’ turns out to be ‘Camp Nightmare’ - as legend states it’s the site of a presumed historic murder. The teenager’s disbelief in this urban legend is soon changed when strange happenings begin to occur to each of them.

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The King sends his three best knights from the battlefield on a quest to find a stone that would save their lands. The knights travel under ground, descending into darkness. Without their knowledge their souls are separated from their bodies. They search for the legend, but their ignorance doesn’t last long, when the souls of all who went before them are looking for a body of their own so they can get out of the tunnels. The knights are now trapped themselves, their bodies slowly weakening as they become possessed. Regardless of their predicament they press on and come to a ritual chamber where they find the stone and learn that the creators of the tunnels are imprisoned in the water contained in the chamber. They release one of the creators' beast who by instinct wants to recover the stone - and it kills one of the knights. Putting their grief and anger aside, the two knights, using the stone, trick the beast and imprison him. Finding their way back to the entrance, another knight has followed them down into the tunnels to deliver bad news about life on the surface. There is no escape now.

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In 2002, eight months before the invasion of Iraq, the Military captured and imprisoned a supernatural entity at Stormhouse, a secret underground base. This film documents the final four days of that experiment.   American 'Ghost whisperer' Hayley Sands is brought to Stormhouse by the Government to make contact with the captured entity. But her arrival triggers a series of events which lead to the entity's escape, plunging the base into a horrific nightmare.   Delivering everything from heart-pounding tension to nerve-shredding shocks and jumps, Stormhouse combines the realism of Paranormal Activity with the chilling atmosphere of The Ring and the visceral horror of the Saw movies. The disturbing climactic twists will leave audiences stunned.

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Set in post-World War I England in 1921, The Awakening follows a skeptical woman (Rebecca Hall) who travels to a countryside boarding school to investigate rumours of an apparent haunting. Just when she thinks she has debunked the ghost theory, she has a chilling spectral encounter which defies all her rational beliefs.

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A man alone, awakes to noises. It is the day he has been informed that he is to die. Nervous and shaken by proceedings he decides to film his last day, but what wants him dead, and is it something he can defeat?

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A young couple move into their first pub, unexplained events start to happen, but is it all in their heads or is it something dark, something evil?

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A corporation plans to develop a residential tower block into luxury city apartments. As the residents galvanise, the corporation sends in someone to 'shake them up'. The Horror of The Dolls features a strong ensemble cast, inter-twined narratives and an iconic piece of London architecture. The narrative is underpinned by the wealth divide, untouchable high-finance, malleable politicians and the resolve of a community under assault. All wrapped in a blood-soaked and stylised horror thriller set against the breath-taking cityscapes of contemporary London. The Horror of The Dolls is a terrifying, atmospheric and unpredictable journey for the audience. Key influences on the project are The Shining, Blue Velvet, The Wild Bunch, Short Cuts and Antichrist.

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A 20-something soldier takes his girlfriend, best friend and his girlfriend on a camping trip before returning to service. Things start to go badly wrong when the ghosts from his past start haunting the group with horrific and tragic consequences.

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In the UK's most haunted location, a group of seekers arrive to find the truth about life after death. They uncover much more than they bargained for. Very quickly they unearth an ancient stone artefact that shines a mirror upon their souls. Filmed on location at Annesley Hall in Nottinghamshire and once the home of Lord Byron, this film is a British paranormal thriller in true British fashion. Featuring real British Druids filmed on location at Stonehenge and a host of British authors and musicians.

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In the aftermath of World War 1, an expectant bride from a well-to-do family marries her young lover. No happy-ever-after tale this, and The Tenement Ghost draws us swiftly into a sordid world of violence and despair. Yes, it begins well enough, the couple embarking on a grand European honeymoon, but the groom's thirst for alcohol is shortly apparent. Returning to begin their new life together, the bride finds her efforts to nurture the marriage thwarted by her husband's excessive drinking. He dominates the relationship but spirals into alcoholism, his arrogance and self-loathing manifest in physical and emotional violence. Her rapid transition from starry-eyed bride to battered wife is marked by the appearance of a ghostly apparition and, though we are never sure whether this spectre is real or simply a fantasy borne of her brutal situation, its appearances become more frequent as her personality disintegrates. The death of their unborn child pushes her ever closer to the edge of sanity until the ghostly visitor's promptings finally impel her into a last desperate attempt to free herself from torment, bringing the Tenement Ghost to its ghastly and appalling climax.